COVENTRY will put the politics behind them as 10 days of talks and turmoil thankfully end up with a speedway meeting at Brandon tonight.

And it promises to be a fascinating encounter, too, with the Buildbase Bees up against a Belle Vue team who could well prove to be much stronger than their lowly league position suggests.

Bees have finally reached a compromise with the speedway authorities which enables Scott Nicholls to continue in their line-up.

But the concession side of that arrangement means that their blameless doubling-up reserve Jordan Frampton stands down from the side until Olly Allen is fit to return.

Buildbase Bees owner Avtar Sandhu has been involved in lengthy talks with BSPA Chairman Peter Toogood in a bid to resolve one of the two serious issues which have dogged the sport over the last fortnight.

And he says he has sacrificed his principles over the Bees’ teambuilding in order that the BSPA can concentrate fully on dealing with allegations of cheating involving rival club Poole.

Nicholls has agreed to ride for the Bees for a 28-day period, or until Allen is fit to recover from a broken leg, and the club have been assured that Frampton can be re-introduced into the team at the same time as Allen.

Sandhu said: “We would like to thank Peter Toogood for his invaluable help, and also Jordan for his understanding of the situation. He is still very much part of our plans.

“We remain far from happy with the circumstances which led to our team being rejected, but we have chosen to sacrifice our principles on this occasion for the overall good of the sport.

“We recognise that at this time the BSPA have more important matters to deal with, and they need to be free to fully concentrate on this and get to the bottom of some very serious allegations.

“We hope that if some good can come out of this episode, it is that in future speedway is run according to regulations which are put in black and white at the start of the season, and are not ‘unofficially’ added to without everyone’s knowledge.”

Tonight’s meeting sees Josh Auty take a position at reserve - assuming he came through his match for Sheffield unscathed last night after being taken to hospital having crashed at King’s Lynn on Wednesday.

Rory Schlein, Filip Sitera and Ricky Wells all turn out for Coventry despite having major meetings around the world on Saturday which will rule them out of tomorrow’s trip to Eastbourne – although the Bees still expect to track a strong side at Arlington, with ex- Eagle Adam Shields booked to guest for Schlein.

Belle Vue, meanwhile, include 17- year-old Australian sensation Darcy Ward, currently top of the Premier League averages, as a guest for the injured Billy Forsberg, and operate rider replacement for Ulrich Ostergaard.

With reserve Patrick Hougaard required to miss the meeting due to international duty and No.8 Josh Grajczonek injured, the Aces have called up Joel Parsons - who started the season in the Coventry squad and is now in much-improved form – to guest alongside another former Bees rider, Morten Risager.